Biden, in leaked audio, suggests GOP 'beat the living h--- out of us' over 'defund the police'

President-elect Joe Biden will use the Justice Department (DOJ) to crack down on police departments allegedly engaged in "systemic misconduct" in part by the use of consent decrees -- a tool used regularly by the Obama administration but largely scrapped under President Trump. Biden’s campaign website promises that he will "expand and use the power of the U.S.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is urging President-elect Joe Biden to soften up on extremism in a new document on issues it hopes the new administration will address during its first 100 days. It calls on Biden to "oppose and defund" a Homeland Security program aimed at preventing violent extremism and terrorism.

Rep. Ilhan Omar accused the Biden team of already breaking a "core campaign promise" after officials picked to serve in the president-elect’s administration admitted that they would not roll back Trump’s immigration policies all at once.  Susan Rice and Jake Sullivan, President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming domestic policy and national security advisers, respectively, told Spanish wire service EFE that changes to the U.S.

Saturday Night Live’s Alex Moffat has taken over from Jim Carrey in impersonating Joe Biden on the US sketch show.Carrey had played the role of the President-elect since the start of the programme’s current season and last appeared as Biden on November 7, when the Democratic candidate was officially announced as America’s next President.Moffat made his first appearance as Biden on last night’s (December 19) episode of SNL, joining Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris and Beck Bennett’s Mike Pence in a

Jill Biden is opening up about a recent controversial opinion piece calling on her to drop her “Dr.” title before officially becoming First Lady. Speaking with Stephen Colbert, the career educator admitted that the criticism was unexpected.

Jill Biden is opening up about a recent controversial opinion piece calling on her to drop her «Dr.» title before officially becoming first lady. Speaking with Stephen Colbert, the career educator admitted that the criticism was unexpected.«That was such a surprise,» Jill shared during a joint interview with her husband, President-elect Joe Biden, on Thursday's.

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Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger suggested Tuesday that failures related to his party’s campaign strategy contributed to President-elect Joe Biden’s surprise victory over President Trump in the state.

President-elect Joe Biden’s deputy chief of staff, Jen O'Malley Dillon, called Republicans "a bunch of f---ers" while praising Biden's call for unity in an interview with Glamour magazine. O'Malley Dillon was responding to a comment from Glamour reporter Glennon Doyle in the interview published Tuesday about redefining "compromise," saying Biden "rejected" the idea that he could not work with the GOP.

GOP figures, who have since challenged Joe Biden’s election win back in November, are now facing the music as the Electoral College confirmed the former vice president as the next POTUS. A day after Biden’s Electoral College confirmation, late night hosts Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel are dunking on Trump allies and Republicans as they get their overdue reality check.

President-elect Joe Biden's nominees to run the Treasury Department held their first meeting Monday with racial and economic justice activists.  Treasury Secretary-designee Janet Yellen and Deputy Treasury Secretary-designee Wally Adeyemo "reaffirmed their commitment to placing racial equity at the center of economic recovery, focusing on the households, businesses and communities hardest hit by the pandemic, and to pursuing economic policies that address the long-term, systemic and structural

That didn’t take long.   Now that Black Lives Matter activists have served out their useful purpose for Democrats – energizing Black and White liberals voters to turn out for Joe Biden – they have apparently been dumped by the president-elect.  Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, sent Joe Biden and Kamala Harris a letter shortly after the election, requesting a meeting. She argued, “Without the resounding support of Black people, we would be saddled with a very

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one of several contenders under consideration by President-elect Joe Biden for the role of attorney general, a person with knowledge of the search process said Friday.

The leader of the Republican Party in Texas suggested Friday that “law-abiding states” might want to form their own "union," after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Lone Star State’s lawsuit over the 2020 presidential election, according to reports.

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo could not contain his excitement Friday over the Supreme Court's rejection of Texas' effort to nullify the presidential election results in four key swing states.   Despite strong support among GOP lawmakers and state attorneys general, the Lone Star State's bid to halt the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victories in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan was turned aside by the highest court in the land.  “The State of Texas’s motion for leave to

Black Lives Matter accused President-elect Joe Biden of ignoring their request for a meeting and disregarding the Black voters that helped secure his White House victory. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris haven't responded to their request for a post-election conversation and even excluded BLM from a recent meeting with civil rights groups, according to the group.

As if 2020 weren't already chaotic enough, it’s coming to a close with revelations of a federal tax investigation into President-elect Joe Biden's son and severed ties between a House Intelligence Committee and a Chinese spy. The clouds over Hunter Biden -- whose business dealings in China were scrutinized by two GOP committee chairs in the Senate -- and Rep.

Black Lives Matter seemed to knock President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday after it was revealed that he didn't include them in a meeting where multiple civil rights groups laid out their recommendations for his Justice Department. "Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Rep.

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza hit back after President Obama criticized the “defund the police” movement as a “snappy” slogan.  “What I want to hear from former President Barack Obama if he’s going to use his vast platform for these conversations, what I want to hear from President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, is: what are you going to do?” Garza asked in an interview for Politico’s Women Rule Capstone event.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will serve as co-chair for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next month.  Biden’s transition team announced Whitmer’s name on Monday alongside House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., Reps.